[Scan-DC] Replacing older 121.5 MHz emergency beacons with new 406 MHz beacons

[Robert Kirk]

Now here, I thought the distress freq was 500KC. I'd better update my notes 
:=) ... Bob N3OZB

At 04:44 PM 8/7/2012, Andrew Clegg wrote:

>I thought this video was fairly interesting. The news report has to do 
>with the reluctance of general aviation pilots to replace their old 121.5 
>MHz EPIRBS (which are no longer tracked by satellites) with the newer 406 
>MHz EPIRBS, which can be located by LEO and (for the beacons with built-in 
>GPS) GEO satellites.